Hacı Ömer Efendi Mosque
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- Changes after its construction
- The minbar and brick minaret were added by Mahmud I’s mother, Saliha Sultan, in the 18th century.
- It was completely burned in 1878; it was rebuilt 16 years later, in 1894, during the reign of Abdul Hamid II, with the help of the people of Çengelköy.
- During the renovation carried out in the 1980s, the entrance of the mosque, all the walls up to the window level in the Harim section, the mihrab niche and the preacher’s pulpit were covered with tiles.
- In 2005, the interior and exterior facades were taken into maintenance and completely renovated.
- Prominent Features:
- At the entrance of the mosque, which has a rectangular plan, wooden roof and a masonry structure, there is an inscription of seven couplets by the poet Sadi.
- The grave of the founder of the mosque, Hacı Ömer Efendi, is located in the garden of the mosque, which has a single minaret and a single balcony.
